Woolco 6109: Difference between revisions

From Bluepages, the global historical directory
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Content added Content deleted
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 17: Line 17:
| next =Highland Superstores, Front Row, [[Miller's Outpost 212|Miller's Outpost #212]], Bering's Hardware
| next =Highland Superstores, Front Row, [[Miller's Outpost 212|Miller's Outpost #212]], Bering's Hardware
}}
}}
'''Woolco #6109''' was a [[Woolco]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Weslayan Shopping Center (Houston, Texas)|Weslayan Shopping Center]], [[3900 Bissonnet Street (Houston, Texas)|3900 Bissonnet Street]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]. The store opened November 25, 1968 as the second Woolco in the Houston area,<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-published-as-houston-chronicle-november-28-1968-p-106/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle_published_as_HOUSTON_CHRONICLE___November_28_1968__p106.pdf "2nd Woolco store opened"], [[Houston Chronicle]], November 28, 1968, page 2, section 9.</ref> and ultimately closed on January 15, 1983.<ref>[https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153174/m1/16/ Advertisement], [[The Baytown Sun]], January 13, 1983, page 8-B.</ref><ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e8dgKwDJKVxE78RvjrM1DG_0Ld5NhyP9ZcXIu11T3IA/edit#gid=654357069 Woolco] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]]</ref>
'''Woolco #6109''' was a [[Woolco]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Weslayan Shopping Center (Houston, Texas)|Weslayan Shopping Center]], [[3900 Bissonnet Street (Houston, Texas)|3900 Bissonnet Street]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]. The store opened November 25, 1968 as the second Woolco in the Houston area, and the 11th Woolco in Texas.<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-published-as-houston-chronicle-november-28-1968-p-106/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle_published_as_HOUSTON_CHRONICLE___November_28_1968__p106.pdf "2nd Woolco store opened"], [[Houston Chronicle]], November 28, 1968, page 2, section 9.</ref> The store ultimately closed on January 15, 1983.<ref>[https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153174/m1/16/ Advertisement], [[The Baytown Sun]], January 13, 1983, page 8-B.</ref><ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e8dgKwDJKVxE78RvjrM1DG_0Ld5NhyP9ZcXIu11T3IA/edit#gid=654357069 Woolco] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]]</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:20, 5 November 2022

Coordinates: 29°43′22″N 95°26′21″W / 29.72265°N 95.43912°W / 29.72265; -95.43912

Woolco #6109
Store number6109
LocationWeslayan Shopping Center
Address3900 Bissonnet Street
CityHouston, Texas
OpenedNovember 25, 1968
ClosedJanuary 15, 1983
Next tenantHighland Superstores, Front Row, Miller's Outpost #212, Bering's Hardware

Woolco #6109 was a Woolco discount department store located at Weslayan Shopping Center, 3900 Bissonnet Street in Houston, Texas. The store opened November 25, 1968 as the second Woolco in the Houston area, and the 11th Woolco in Texas.[1] The store ultimately closed on January 15, 1983.[2][3]

References

  1. "2nd Woolco store opened", Houston Chronicle, November 28, 1968, page 2, section 9.
  2. Advertisement, The Baytown Sun, January 13, 1983, page 8-B.
  3. Woolco spreadsheet